This is a very simple screenlet that displays a random draw from Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies. Info about the Strategies can be found here: http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies. Basically, the Strategies are a deck of cards, each one containing a "worthwhile dilemma". I've found them helpful in removing mental blocks in creative endeavors.

Four editions of the Strategies are included, including the 1996 unofficial version, and you can select the one you want to draw from. Just click the "deck" to draw a new "strategy". The currently-sold fifth edition is not included, if you want it buy it from Eno.

Starting with version 0.2, it can also be configured to display random fortunes from the standard BSD fortune(6) available on most Linux and BSD systems. Last changelog:

11 years ago

0.1 - initial release
0.2 - Updated to work better with the newer versions of Screenlets, substantial cosmetic improvements, also added the option to display random fortunes from fortune(6).